Blackwell To Speak On "Ethics in Leadership"!!!

[KerryOn]

Kenneth Blackwell will be the guest speaker at the Upper Arlington, Ohio Chamber of Commerce's annual meeting. He will be speaking on "Ethics In Leadership". (E-gads!)

The event is open to the public. Cost is $30 for non-members and $25 for members. The meeting will be Wednesday January 12th from 11:00-1:00 pm at the Scioto Country Club located at 2196 Riverside Drive. (Just North of Trabue Road) Call [phone] for reservations.

Some how I don't think he is qualified to make this speech. Maybe a few of us should show up and help him out a little.

[latteromden]

1. Hahahaha. How, uh, fitting. (n/t)

[KerryOn]

44. From the Desk of J. K. Blackwell, Declaration of Character and Ethics

From the Desk of J. Kenneth Blackwell, Ohio Secretary of State: The UncommonSense Declaration of Character and Ethics.

Snip:
Throughout my years in public service, I’ve seen first-hand many of the positive and varied ingredients that combine to give our country its strength and viability.

One of those ingredients -character- stands out above the rest. Character is the cornerstone of American citizenship. A good citizenship is the foundation of community. It is also the foundation of both good business and government.

Yet today’s generation of leaders often lack two fundamental resources. We lack a shared vocabulary of character-building ethics, {no shit!} and we suffer from the absence of support for our role as on-the-job character builders.

No one is perfect, although we’ve all known a few people who dare to claim infallibility. For the rest of us, there is “UncommonSense.” “Uncommon,” because sadly, defined ethics are not common anymore and “Sense,” because it prevails upon the conscience.

Snip:
Noble visions, worthy missions and guiding values all require and are validated by character ethics. Thus, a strong character foundation is and always will be the key predictor of the true personal health, interpersonal vitality, and organizational success.

With this in mind, please consider making your own commitment to character building. By learning and living character ethics-the virtues advocated in UncommonSense – Ohio’s leaders can launch a revolution of character building in our great state. Join me.

{I think I’m going to throw up.}

Read More: http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/pubAffairs/general/uncommonsensebooklet.pdf#search='blackwell%20to%20speak%20on%20ethics%20in'

[MelissaB]

Oh, yeah!

Somebody definitely needs to be there. Maybe several could ask questions. :)

[hootinholler]

5. Yes, I was wondering if he would take questions after. N/T

-Hoot

[KerryOn]

7. The E-mail I got did not specify

... if he would be taking questions. If I get more information I will post it.

[Chimpanzee]

2. Man, If I lived in Ohio, I would pay to get in and shout the SOB down!

[The Backlash Cometh]

3. I can't stop laughing. Blackwell and "Chamber of Commerce" in the

same sentence. It's hilarious.

[Pam-Moby]

4. What a joke from the joker himself

He should be paying those people to come and see him lie somemore....!

[kitkat65]

6. It really is tempting to go picket and embarass the hell out of him

Maybe let one of the local news channels know....

[thebigdonkey]

8. Ya it would be a good idea for someone to go there so they can ask questio

ns

[Nothing Without Hope]

9. Well, he's surely an expert on how to AVOID this subject

And if his audience includes neocon-leaning Repugs, they may be interested in this particular expertise.

[SueZhope]

10. please show up and have this charlatan arrested n/t

[benny05]

11. How much for chimps?

somehow, I don't think I would pay to see this speaker, or be paid to see it as the speech would probably make me :puke:

[marions ghost]

12. O Pleeze...!

If I were writing a novel about Kath Blackwell and put this in there, it would be seen as too cute. Life is more and more surreal. You just wonder how these deluded people sleep at night. Hope we can get a report somehow. Anyone in the area willing to go and take notes? Sounds like a job for Michael Moore. don't have many occasions to write
LOL OMG LOL...

[marions ghost]

22. Maybe this topic could come up?

House Considers Weakening Ethics Rules
January 01, 2005
WASHINGTON (AP)- Republican leaders are considering a change in House ethics rules that could make it harder to discipline lawmakers.

Excerpt)

The proposal being circulated among House Republicans would end a general rule against any behavior that might bring "discredit" on the chamber, according to House Republican and Democratic leadership aides. House members would be held to a narrower standard of behavior in keeping with the law, the House's rules and its ethics guidelines.
Other proposed changes to the ethics committee's rules being circulated in a "Dear Colleague" letter from House Rules Chairman David Dreier, R-Calif., would let House members respond to any admonishment before a letter goes out from the committee, and would end an investigation if there is a tie vote.

House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., plans to bring the proposal before a meeting of all House Republicans next week "and see what they think," said Hastert spokesman John Feehery. The broader ethics rule in question was used this year to admonish Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, though the committee said he did not break House rules. Democrats and government watchdog groups denounced the proposed change.

"It would lower the standard of official conduct, and if that's the case, it would be the first time that it has been done since 1968, and it would be done on a completely partisan basis," said Jennifer Crider, spokeswoman for House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, on Friday. Pelosi, D-Calif., also plans to huddle with Democrats next week to discuss a strategy for defeating the proposal.

"Members of the House should be kept to the highest ethical standard, not the lowest," Crider said. "Now, the code is higher than the law. This would say you've only violated the code of ethics if you've violated the law." Fred Wertheimer, president of Democracy 21, a watchdog group, said the House Republican leaders' proposal "would fundamentally undermine and damage the House ethics rules, and would constitute the biggest backtracking we have ever seen on ethics standards in the House."

(more)
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LINK TO FULL ARTICLE: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/aponline/news /
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See also:
House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: http://www.house.gov/ethics

[KerryOn]

33. Yea Michael Moore!

I just e-mailed him with all the info.
What a Hoot that would be!

[Alizaryn]

13. I soooo wish I lived in Ohio! What a GREAT use for

$30.

[Alizaryn]

14. Better YET we should sent an invite to Conyers! Maybe

Blackwell would care to respond to his questions there?

[KerryOn]

45. Kick

[txindy]

15. Oh, wonderful. Does Junior plan to speak, too?

"The Importance of a Tirelessly Inquisitive Mind in the Presidency." :+

[bleever]

38. Better make sure he's got fresh batteries in his shirt for that one!

Boy, would I love to jam that signal!

"The office of the presidency is...da doo ron ron, da doo ron ron...a position of responsibility...ooga chaka, ooga chaka..."

:)

[txindy]

47. Well, thank you so much for that

Now, I can't get "ooga chaka, ooga chaka..." out of my head!

Hopefully, if Junior's signal is jammed with those ditties, someone will have provided him with cymbals, too.

[bleever]

48. Careful: I only have so many lungs to cough up laughing.

[kitkat65]

16. Yes, we could ask him all the questions Conyers wanted him to answer

at the hearing where Blackwell didn't show.

[kitkat65]

17. Or even better, serve that subpeona he's been ducking.

[sepia_steel]

18. OH, God.

PUUUUKE. Ohhhhhhh the irony.

[No Exit]

19. Lemme guess: He's to be followed by Bernard Kerik

who will add his own tips for ethical behavior (both in and out of the bedroom)?

I hope you tell Ohio DU members and other likeminded Ohioans. It would be so great if some really went, and, as Kitkat said above, when he takes questions, they should begin asking Conyers' questions! If anyone does this, they should have people with videocams standing unobtrusively in the background, waiting to video any arrests or other strongarming that people might experience simply for exercising their right to free speech.

[BR_Parkway]

34. And plenty of pickets outside "What are you trying to HIDE????"

[No Exit]

36. I sure hope so!

And I hope some people get inside, and start asking Blackwell those questions from Conyers!

[goodboy]

20. That's like the pope turning protestant...HAHAHAHAHA (nt)

[Carolab]

21. I hope their tickets are refundable

or they have a "backup" guest.

This reminds me of LaPore supposedly giving a speech on "records retention". These people know NO shame, do they?

[candice]

23. At least it will be a very short speech

...he knows nothing about ethics or leadership from the reports of his actions in Ohio. First off, any person with zero integrity wouldn't be in charge of the elections and co-chairing a campaign for a candidate. Secondly, that person wouldn't violate the Voting Rights Act by suppressing votes in every way possible (following the example of Glenda Hood in Florida). Third, that perions wouldn't be a traitor to his or her race. African-Americans gave their lives to gain the right to vote.

[Liberty Belle]

24. He's been ducking subpoenas. Tell the process server how to find him!

[The Judged]

25. He's off to see the Wizard of Oz first!

[EFerrari]

26. Don't have to live in Ohio to call the CoC and ask them if this

disturbing rumor is true. Put a lot of disbelief in your voice and be immaculately polite.

[KerryOn]

40. Upper Arlington Chamber of Commerce Web Site

They don't have a lot up on their web site yet, but you will find a refference to it in the box at the left. (The box keeps cycling through upcoming events.)

http://www.uachamber.org/

[pacalo]

27. These neo-cons sure are consistent.

Just last month they were "outraged" at the Ukraine election.

They also tout having moral values & claim they're Christians.

What do you call it when they do one thing & say another?

Hypocrisy.

[Vidar]

28. Doublespeak has become the US' official language.

Bush has obviously abandoned English long ago,

[lonestarnot]

29. OMG!

Tin soldiers and Nixon's comin'.
We're finally on our own.
This summer I hear the drummin'.
Four dead in Ohio.

Gotta get down to it.
Soldiers are gunning us down.
Should have been done long ago.
What if you knew her and
Found her dead on the ground?
How can you run when you know?

Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na.
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na.
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na.
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na.

Gotta get down to it.
Soldiers are cutting us down.
Should have been done long ago.
What if you knew her and
Found her dead on the ground?
How can you run when you know?

Tin soldiers and Nixon's comin'.
We're finally on our own.
This summer I hear the drummin'.
Four dead in Ohio.
Four dead in Ohio.
Four dead in Ohio.
Four dead in Ohio.
Four dead in Ohio.
Four dead in Ohio.
Four dead in Ohio.
Four dead in Ohio.
Four dead in Ohio.

[madison2000]

30. Ok, How about Karl Rove speaking on integrity in campaigning?

Or Bush on being presidential?!

:scared:

[rodeodance]

31. the fox guarding the chicken cope!!!!

[roseBudd]

32. If you are in the area and you really want to have some fun put this on

the car windshields in the parking lot...


Go to http://somnamblst.tripod.com to download high res files to print.

[north houston dem]

35. Probably really bad taste but I can't resist

Let's call Bev!! She could rush in and serve him with his subpoena and catch herself a little free pr in the process. What a show!

}(

OK, I'm going to the corner now......

[SharonRB]

37. Blackwell and ethics in the same sentence? What an oxymoron!

[bleever]

39. He's too important a man to be "serving" the "public interest":

"Your honor, Arnebeck's a thief
Who'd steal my time;
Please grant relief

From not just one suit
But from boaf,
So please, don't put me under oaf.

I'll spare no time
For a response;
I'm hustling for the neo-cons,

And they refuse
To have me be
Distracted by "democracy"

So off I go
On a public trip
To lecture on the Effics of Leadership.

[Joe Chi Minh]

41. Is it true that

it will be the first of a series on Ethics in Leadership, with Dubya scheduled to give the next one the following week, and Cheyney the week after...?

[KerryOn]

43. Looks like it is n/t

[KerryOn]

42. From the FreePress

Despite ducking depositions, Blackwell is escalating his public appearances in hopes of becoming Ohio’s next governor. On January 12, 2005, Blackwell is scheduled to speak at the exclusive Scioto Country Club on the topic of “Ethics in Leadership.” Blackwell became nationally known after disenfranchising voters who had not registered on 80-pound bond paper stock under an archaic Ohio law. He reversed longstanding Ohio tradition that allowed voters to cast provisional votes by county by ruling that none of these votes would be counted unless the voter was in the right precinct. He also was recently censured for running a “get out the vote” campaign for Issue One, a Constitutional amendment banning gay marriage and spousal benefits.

http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2004/1046

[berniew1]

46. Someone has compiled an indictment case for Blackwell's indictment

and also has a petition to be signed regarding it:

To: Ohio Voters

"We The People" hereby request and formally demand Franklin
County, Ohio prosecutor Ron O'Brien to open a grand jury
investigation into the publicly-presented election fraud allegations in connection with the 2004 U.S. Presidential Election. The criminal
allegations, affidavits, evidence and eyewitness testimony can be
found at:

http://homepage.mac.com/studioron/Menu4.html

"We The People" also request the Criminal Division of the
Southern District of the U.S. Attorney's Office, and Ohio's county
prosecutors to open grand jury investigations and all other
applicable agency investigations into these matters.

If you voted or attempted to vote in the Nov. 2nd, 2004 U.S.
Presidential Election in the state of Ohio, and believe your vote
was not counted, please sign this Petition To Open Grand Jury
Investigations Into The 2004 U.S. Presidential Election.

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

View Current Signatures

http://www.petitiononline.com/indict1/petition.html